₦airaland Forum

Renowned Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described Nigeria as sick and empty, deserving of the term “shithole” as described by United States President, Donald Trump.

Soyinka said this while speaking at the Ripples Nigerian Dialogue titled “Rebuilding trust in a Divided Nigeria,” held at The Wheatbaker Hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos.

“We have become laughing stocks in the eyes of the public.

“We have earned the term of shithole. Nigeria is sick and empty. Some retrogressive forces won’t just stop. Everything Nigeria touches rusts.”

He condemned the humiliation of Nigerians by military personnel, stating that the humiliation of Nigerians led him to relocating abroad.

“The treatment of Nigerians by the military led me to relocating to a saner clime. I remember invading Obasanjo’s residence in Lagos and challenging him concerning the way Nigerians were being treated. It is a disgrace to us, as a nation. We have been left behind in nearly every field.

“There are lessons to be learnt from the diaspora. We need to peep across the Atlantic to see how other countries have been faring,” Soyinka said.

Drawing illustrations from his lecture titled “From Miyetti to Haiti: Notes from a Solidarity Visit,” Soyinka emphasized the need to end slavery in our society.

Soyinka emphasized the need of looking in the mirror to solve Nigerian problems and encouraged youths to resist the passage of the Hate Speech bill.

The round table featured Soyinka, Professor Pat Utomi, represented by Mr Rasheed Adegbenro, Ex Governor Peter Obi and Dr. (Mrs) Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi.

The session was moderated by former Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati.

http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-sick-empty-wole-soyinka/

Sick and empty is an understatement

Just like Buhari is sick and empty

Didn't u vote him mumu

the country is bad.

let's try restructuring to see if it will work.

Nothing good can come out of a country built on injustice, inequity and sectionalism. Nigeria is not a normal country, it is a joke and a mockery of what a country should be

Oya the Uncircumcised Pigs ova to yhu, come and defend your lord and personal savior

Nigeria is gone, She's a ship wreck going down so everyone is just salvaging what he/she can and jump. The only way to keep us afloat is to bring the whites back to work with us in our government hand in hand. I lived in Eastern Europe for a while and really the white man has a conscience

Wole go and replace your American passport because shi.it is about to hit the fan.

Na so. Just like our President.

Soyinka stop complaining cos you're one of the sai barbarians.

okooko

Stating the obvious

This green card crooner again..

Very true

I think we all should sell Nigeria and share the money equally.. Then everybody find their ways for greener pasture

I agree with Wole Soyinka,

I told a friend that Nigeria has crossed the rubicon,the fabric of the nation has been destroyed beyond repair.

The common greed of the political elites in what is keeping 'its unity'.

We can only postpone the inevitable,it is a matter of time.

THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN

If u love ur unborn and born kids. Start planning ur canada migration

keep calm

Panda is typing

Modified, aff forgotten what I was gonna say
Btw, still trending! Check out these trending selfies our forefathers took back in those days VS. the ones we now take


Lol.. Mostly This Funny Selfie of Mercy Johnson Hehe..

We don hear.

No be una set/generation spoil am?

No be una start campus cultism?

Abeg, go Sidon.

This same gray hair stick was among
the imbe that sold buhari to nigerians
now he is lamenting...

Pretty sick

Masama:
Just like Buhari is sick and empty

May u never fall

Abeg make I come dey relocate out of the zoo. Ayam tired

Prof. If you say Nigeria is sick, it automatically mean the head is sick and guess who is the head

I weep for Nigeria.

You disappointed me Kongi but you are salvaging it. I need more. Supporting Buhari at this point can only happen as a result of Religious extremism, tribal affiliation, greed for power and money and ignorance.


http://www.mortalpoet.com/7-categories-of-nigerians-still-in-support-of-buharis-failure/

I owe my children another nationality even if it's Ghana or Cameron.

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